National Affairs: The Battle for Outer Space

The Battle for Outer Space
In his closely guarded headquarters in Los Angeles, Air Force Major
General Bernard Schriever, 46, keeps hidden under a shroud a model of
one of the intercontinental ballistic missiles which are his special
concern. Less and less under wraps, in recent weeks, is slim Ben
Schriever himself, and the Pacific Coast has gradually become aware
that he runs something called the Western Development Division, a $3
billion Air Force project for developing, testing and possibly
operating the H-bomb-carrying, 5,000-mile ICBM. Consequently, the
experts took notice last week...